Four Palestinians Martyred in Gaza Protests, IOF Shelling

By Staff, Agencies

Four Palestinians had been martyred Friday, two in an “Israeli” airstrike Friday on in the southern besieged Gaza Strip and two by live “Israeli” fire in protests along the border.

“Israeli” tanks had opened fire on Palestinian protesters east of al-Bureij camp, according to Palestinian sources. According to the Gaza health ministry two Palestinians were martyred and 51 were wounded by “Israeli” fire in the Great Return March weekly demonstration Friday.

The two are Raed Abu Teir, 19, who was shot by live “Israeli” fire in a protest east of Khan Younis, and Abdullah Mahmoud Abu Malouh, 33, who was shot in the central Strip.

On Friday, the “Israeli” Occupation Forces [IOF] shelled a Palestinian Resistance site in central Gaza, claiming two martyrs and a number of wounded.

The two Palestinians martyred in the “Israeli” airstrike are Abdullah Abu Malouh, 33, from Nuseirat refugee camp and Alaa al-Bubli, 29, from al-Maghazi refugee camp.

Hebrew media reported that one “Israeli” soldier was injured in a gunfire on Gaza border.

Gazans hold weekly protests on the border with the “Israeli” settlements, raising a slogan which stresses the Arab and Syrian identity of Golan.

According to the latest reports, the “Israeli” assaults on the protestors injured 40 of them.